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Turner testified to the Senate Banking Committee last week.

Congress

Senate Banking approves Turner for HUD along party lines

Democrats pushed for FBI report before vote

By Mark Schoeff Jr.
Posted January 23, 2025 at 1:54pm

Eric Scott Turner, President-elect Donald Trump’s choice to become secretary of Housing and Urban Development, testifies before the Senate Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Committee on Thursday.

Congress

Spending more or spending better animates Turner’s HUD hearing

By Mark Schoeff Jr.
Posted January 16, 2025 at 3:24pm
The campaign bus of Vice President Kamala Harris arrives at a Sheetz service station in Coraopolis, Pa., on Aug. 18.

Campaigns

Harris aims to expand electoral map with two-day Georgia bus tour, Savannah rally

By John T. Bennett
Posted August 27, 2024 at 2:55pm
HUD Secretary Marcia Fudge arrives on the House floor before President Joe Biden’s State of the Union address to the joint session of Congress in the U.S. Capitol on Thursday, March 7, 2024. On Monday, the news broke that Fudge was leaving the administration.

White House

Marcia Fudge becomes second Cabinet secretary to leave Biden team

By Niels Lesniewski and Jason Dick
Posted March 11, 2024 at 5:50pm
Rep. Jimmy Gomez, D-Calif., announced membership in the Congressional Renters Caucus on Wednesday.

Rep. Jimmy Gomez launches Renters Caucus to fight housing crisis

By Justin Papp
Posted June 7, 2023 at 9:34am
Sen. Tina Smith, D-Minn., said in an interview that constituents see rural housing is crucial to rural communities.

Advocates eye farm bill to avert drop in affordable rural housing

By Caitlin Reilly
Posted April 11, 2023 at 5:00am
Rep. Tom Cole, R-Okla., chairman of the House Transportation-HUD Appropriations Subcommittee, said the rising cost of housing vouchers will be "a challenge for us."

House GOP rhetoric worries housing advocates about HUD funding 

By Caitlin Reilly
Posted January 31, 2023 at 5:30am
Rep. Jamaal Bowman, D-N.Y., along with Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., had urged the White House to rein in rising rents.

White House directs FTC, CFPB to probe housing rental market practices

By Caitlin Reilly
Posted January 25, 2023 at 12:19pm
Massachusetts Democrat Elizabeth Warren and other senators want the Pentagon to force laggard housing contractors to provide a "tenant bill of rights" as required by law.

Senators to DOD: Address ‘bad actors’ among military landlords

By John M. Donnelly
Posted November 15, 2022 at 9:00am
Ways and Means Chairman Richard Neal says he would like to see the low-income housing credit in a tax extenders package.

Lawmakers, advocates eye year-end bills for housing credit

By Caitlin Reilly
Posted October 25, 2022 at 7:00am